The president of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) Calgary chapter is in court facing hate crime charges after allegedly blocking access to a Catholic School.
Nwofor, age 47, allegedly was at St. Thomas Aquinas School in Calgary’s Southwest, “for reasons of bias, prejudice, or hate based on race or ethnic origin.”
The same day she was charged, she appeared before a justice of the peace for a bail hearing via video link. She was released on non-cash bail and is ordered to stay away from the school’s staff members. She is also banned from being within 100 metres of the building.
The charges have not been proven in court.
On August 1, 2022, the Heritage Day holiday in Alberta, BLM Calgary organized an “Emancipation Day Picnic” in the city, which Nwofor attended.
“We’re celebrating the end of slavery, the end of harm. But quite frankly, we are not fully emancipated anymore because we are still living our lives in oppression with racism, with ableism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia,” she said at the event, according to CBC News.
“People don’t feel safe to talk about their issues. They don’t feel safe to be joyful and loud and take up space in their own homes in our city,” she said. “We should be having places where Black people feel like they can collect and do whatever they want on their own terms more often.”
Nwofor’s lawyer, Chad Haggerty, did not respond to an inquiry from The Epoch Times. He also represents Taylor McNallie, another BLM Calgary activist.
McNallie allegedly assaulted Elena Cunningham, an off-duty sheriff outside the Calgary courthouse, with a megaphone during an April 12, 2021 rally. McNallie is also facing charges for allegedly throwing water on a photographer in April and breaking his eyeglasses. McNallie appeared before Justice Peter Barley. A verdict on her case is expected June 15.
Nwofor is scheduled to be back in court on June 16.
